Monday, November 30, 2009

RSS Feeds Part 2

Thanks to Dennis, I figured out how to get my RSS feeds onto my blog. I had subscribed to bloglines like Thing 8 had told me, but I didn't really like the way I had to view everything through it. I wanted to know how to get the feeds on my blog so everything was in one easy to use place so Dennis showed me how. I had to add an RSS widget to my page then type in the address of the feed I wanted. Since I had the feeds in bloglines, I was able to copy and paste them over into several widgets so everything is on my blog. Thanks again Dennis!

New Moon

Went to see new moon with Tech Girl, BooksandBlogs327 and a friend from another Library. It was definitely oodles better than Twilight so I'm hoping the movies keep getting better. The special effects for the wolf scenes were awesome and I think a good time was had by all.

RSS Feeds

So I'm trying to get the hang of RSS feeds, but I'm not really enjoying it. I really need to take more time to see if I can get my bloglines pages to be more user friendly because I don't like the set up at all. It's definitely going to take some trial and error to get this to be something I use on a regular basis since there's not much I care to read about everyday.

Sunday, November 22, 2009

SCLA Dinner

Attended the SCLA dinner on Friday and had a good time. Couldn't find a seat so ended up at the Director's table - that made for one interesting night. I guess it's never too early to suck up. :)

The committee did a great job. Those of you who didn't go missed out on a good time.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Grandmas, cordless phones & total confusion

Aunt A just bought my grandma a new cordless phone because the old one died. Although she barely knew how to use the old one I guess my aunt felt she should replace it with another cordless - maybe for consistency? Actually, my assumption is that my aunt feels it's better for my grandma to have a cordless so she doesn't have to constantly get up to answer the phone since grandma's getting up there in years. First of all, the only reason my grandma has to get up to answer the phone is because my aunt calls like 10 times a day to make sure everything is ok. Maybe if she didn't call so much grandma wouldn't feel like she has to run for the phone. Damn this logic.

Next, for some reason my grandma likes to leave the phone with Aunt B who lives with us while she's in the kitchen watching reruns of ABC soaps on Soapnet. Why, I'm not quite sure because what happens is the phone rings & Aunt B says, "Ma, phone" and grandma says, "I'll get it" and goes running into the kitchen to get the phone call (which of course is Aunt A asking what she's doing - it's 9 pm at night & grandma is 85; what do you think she's doing - usually sleeping on the couch.) Now don't forget this is a cordless phone the whole purpose of which is not to have to get up to answer - are you shaking your head in disbelief yet?

So, back to the new phone, Aunt A decided to get one of those dual phones that has two handsets so one base can be plugged into the phone line but the other only needs a regular plug. The jack downstairs is by the kitchen so the main phone went there. The second one was put in the living room only instead of putting it on the end table right where the plug is, Grandma pulls out an ugly TV tray (fake, brown wood laminate with gold trim and legs) & sets it next to the couch as if it's a piece of furniture then she sets the 2nd base on it. Tonight I asked her why she decided to do that and not just put it on the pretty end table the purpose of which is holding lamps and phones and she says, "I didn't want to move everything to make room." I look at the end table which has a huge space on it where the tiny base can fit comfortably and see the outlet under it has an open socket and proceed to scratch my head. What the hell is she talking about? Are we looking at the same end table? P.S. It's the only end table in the living room so that was a rhetorical question.

Just when I thought things couldn't get weirder... So, like I said, one would think that this dual handset thing would be a good solution to the running for the phone thing. Grandma can leave one handset in the kitchen with Aunt B while she has the other by her in the living room - no running for the phone. Oh contraire mon frere. Tonight the phone rings and rings and rings. I hear grandma say she'll get it so I get up to investigate. Again grandma is getting up from the living room to get the phone in the kitchen. When she finally gets off the phone with, oh you know, wait for it, Aunt A, I ask, "Why did you get up to answer the phone?" At first she tells me it was because she couldn't see the buttons (the lights were off in the living room) so she went into the kitchen where the light was. Then she says she had to go get the phone because it was in the kitchen. So I said, "You have 2 handsets now, you can keep the living room phone by you..."

I just don't understand grandmas....

Monday, November 9, 2009

Librarian II Test

Took the Librarian II test on Saturday and ended up being 30 minutes late due to a dead body on Sunrise Highway. Lucky me! They let me in to take the test so all was good. There were definitely a lot of math questions on the test and a few charts thrown in for fun. I especially enjoyed the page scheduling chart which was right up my alley. Of course it'll be 6 months before the results are out so I guess I'll be waiting until then for my score. Too bad they don't grade in alphabetical order. :)

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Photobucket

Been using Photobucket for a while now to add stuff to the Library's Myspace account. I find images of book jackets, music CDs, tv shows, etc. add them in photobucket then use the HTML code to post on the Myspace page. If you haven't checked it out, here's the link http://www.myspace.com/westbabylonpubliclibrary or you can find it on the YA Services pages of our website.
Pages are dropping like flies between sickness and injury and yet most of the books are getting put away. Big thanks to the pages who are making it in and kicking butt!